This is an eight-hour course. Students should expect to shoot approximately 100 rounds of ammunition.Students will learn basic defensive shooting skills, strategies for home safety and responding to a violent confrontation, firearms and the law, how to choose a defensive carbine for self-defense,and continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive a course completion certificate.

This course is for law-abiding adult citizens, as defined by applicable federal, state, or local law, and experienced shooters (shooters able to show mastery of the basic skills of safe gun handling, shooting a group, zeroing the firearm, and cleaning the firearm) to maximize what can be learned from this course. Proof of shooting experience can be one of the following:NRA Basic Rifle Course CertificateMilitary DD 214 with Rifle qualification Passing the Pre-Course Assessment